Stockport road closures: eight for motorists to avoid this week

Stockport's motorists will have eight road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

And seven of them are expected to cause delays of between 10 and 30 minutes.

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that six closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

• A5103, from 8.30pm April 9 to 5am April 11, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 westbound, junction 1 to junction 4 - carriageway closure for Horticulture.

• M56, from 9pm March 28 to 5am April 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, junction 1 to M60 Anticlockwise, junction 2 - carriageway closure for barriers.

• M60, from 8pm March 17 to 5am April 14, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise 24 - 26 lane closures and mainline closures due to resurfacing.

• M56, from 8pm April 1 to 5am April 20, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M56 eastbound, link road closure to A34 northbound, due to gas works.

• M60, from 9pm March 1 to 6am May 27, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise A34 J3 to M60 CW and ACW - carriageway closure for barriers.

• A5103, from 5pm January 1 to midnight, May 31, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): Manchester United home Game (3 hours after kick off).

And a further two closures will begin over the next seven days:

• M60, from 9pm April 20 to 5am August 1, moderate delays (10-30 minutes): M60 clockwise and anti-clockwise one to 25 - carriageway closure for Structure - maintenance.

• M60, from 8pm April 25 to 5am April 26, slight delays (under 10 minutes): M60 anti-clockwise, junction 2 to 1 - Lane closure for communications.

National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads, so closures of smaller roads will not be included in their schedule.